budding
Multiple Entries:budding bud
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
budding/ˈbʌdɪŋ/
▶adjective beginning and showing signs of promise.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bud1
▶noun
- 1 a compact knob-like growth on a plant which develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
- 2 Biology an outgrowth from an organism that separates to form a new individual asexually.
- 3 Zoology a rudimentary leg or other appendage of an animal which has not yet grown, or never will grow, to full size.
■ graft a bud of (a plant) on to another plant.
– origin ME: of unknown origin.
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bud2
▶noun N. Amer. informal another term for buddy.
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